Distinguished Figures in Descriptive Geometry and Its Applications for Mechanism Science | From the Middle Ages to the 17th Century

Michela Cigola

ISBN 10: 3319356585 / ISBN 13: 9783319356587

Published by Springer, 2016

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Distinguished Figures in Descriptive Geometry and Its Applications for Mechanism Science | From the Middle Ages to the 17th Century | Michela Cigola | Taschenbuch | History of Mechanism and Machine Science | vii | Englisch | 2016 | Springer | EAN 9783319356587 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Distinguished Figures in Descriptive Geometry and Its Applications for Mechanism Science | From the Middle Ages to the 17th Century
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319356585
• ISBN 13: 9783319356587
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 15D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 394 grams
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Synopsis

This book consists of chapters that focus specifically on single figures that worked on Descriptive Geometry and also in Mechanisms Sciences and contain biographical notes, a survey of their work and their achievements, together with a modern interpretation of their legacy.

Since Vitruvius in ancient times, and with Brunelleschi in the Renaissance, the two disciplines began to share a common direction which, over the centuries, took shape through less well-known figures until the more recent times in which Gaspard Monge worked.

Over the years, a gap has been created between Descriptive Geometry and Mechanism Science, which now appear to belong to different worlds. In reality, however, there is a very close relationship between the two disciplines, with a link based on extremely solid foundations. Without the theoretical foundations of Geometry it would not be possible to draw and design mechanical parts such as gears, while in Kinematics it would be less easy to design and predict the reciprocal movements of parts in a complex mechanical assembly.